Water management in agroforestry systems: Integrated buffalo ponds and forest gardens in the Badulla district, Sri Lanka

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-302

  Wagachchi, H R ^a   Wiersum, K F ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Training Centre   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Forest gardens; Indigenous land use practices; Integrated land use; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREST GARDEN; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; POND; POND SYSTEM; RESERVOIR; WATER BUFFALO; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

SRI LANKA, BADULLA DISTRICT;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 0030390124     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044459     Document Type: Article

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